noun Street Slang

troca

· noun · texas

Pickup truck, in Tex-Mex Spanglish.

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Definitions

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A pickup truck. The standard word for one along the border and across Mexican-American Texas — said with affection, especially for a lifted, chromed-out one. Standard Spanish would say 'camioneta,' but nobody actually does on the border.

“He pulled up in his troca, music blasting, tailgate down.”
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troca In A Sentence

He pulled up in his troca, music blasting, tailgate down.

Origin & Usage

Direct loan from English 'truck,' bent to fit Spanish phonology and grammar (la troca, las trocas). Pure border Spanglish.

Variants la trocatrocas (pl.)troquita (dim.)
Tags #texas#spanglish#tex-mex#border#chicano

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